The Philosolhy for Children Program - The Effects of Critical Thinking Instruction

• Main Authors: Chen ,Jin Lien, 陳錦蓮
• Other Authors: Marn Ling - Shing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1995
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94578327290211968979

碩士 === 台北市立師範學院 === 初等教育學系 === 83 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the philosophy for children instruction for 6th grader on the critical thinking and reading comprehension ability. Seventy-two students from an elementary school were selected as the subjects of this study. The experimental group consists of 36 students who attended a sixteen-week PFC, while the control group consists of 36 students who received no instruction in PFC. The data obtainted were analyzed by ANCOVA. Major findings of this study were as follows: 1.Critical thinking ability of the experimental group is significantly higher than that of the control group. 2.Reading comprehension ability of the experiment group is not significantly higher than that of the control group. 3.The exeperimental group likes the course of the PFC. In the conclusion, suggestions for teaching the PFC and further studies were made based on the results and limi- tation of this study.